Hemp-drying rack.



J. L. ANDREAS.

HEMP DRYING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. I911.

' 1,273,120. Patented July 23,1918.

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right angles thereto and includes portions HEMP-DRYING RACK. I

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN L. ANDRnAs, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Pierceton, in the county of Kosciusko and State of lndiana have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hemp-Drying Racks. of which the following is a specification. 4 j

This invention relates to improvements in drying racks for hemp, etc, and the object thereof is to provide a movable rack that may be supported in a dry-house and built up as the hemp is assembled upon the rack, and which may be readily collapsed so as to drop its contents of hemp upon the ground. The. purpose is to afford facility in drying and handling hemp preparatory to the process of breaking.

The objects of the improvement are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of a drying shed in which is shown supported a rack embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the rack in a plane at of the trackage in which the rack is supported;

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the manner of supporting the removable bars upon the side-rails; and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the same in a plane at right angles thereto.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the views and referringnow tothe same:

A is a dry-house composed of side-walls 1 and roof 2 which is of ordinary construction and which may be built of any suitable le 7 h so as to accommodate a desired number of racks. Along each side wall near the roof is arranged a horizontal track 3 on which the wheeled hangers l travel and affords support for the racks.

The rack is composed of two ladder-like structures one for each end of the rack, and each of said structures consists of a series of horizontally disposed side-rails 5 spaced apart, each side-rail being secured near its opposite ends upon corresponding ropes 6, the latter being suspended from a supporting beam 7 that has connection with the wheeled hangers 4. Each side-rail has near each of its ends an upwardly extending peg 8 adapted to extend into a recess 9 made near the end of the corresponding removable Application filed. Na 2, 1am. serial Nb. 165,844. 1

i Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedJi ly 23, 1918.

bar 10 and thus secure the bar from accidental displacement. The ren'iovable bars are intended to be arranged in series'upon the corresponding extending ends of the side-rails so as to' be supported thereby. The connections of the pegs in the recesses of the removable bars are sufiiciently loose I as to admit of ready disconnection by turning the side-rails.

In the operation of the invention the siderails are suspended in position by their ropes in opposite sets in the receiving end of the dry-house and the lowermost of removable bars are placed in position upon the corresponding extending ends of the side-rails and a quantity of hemp-stocks to be treated are lodged upon the cross-bars so as to be suspended thereupon. The second pair of removable bars are then likewise positioned upon the next succeeding side-rails. A. quantity of hemp-stock is then deposited in similar fashion to the former instance. The third pair of removable bars are then placed in position and loaded with hemp-stocks, and then the next pair of removable bars are loaded and so on until the rack is completely assembled and loaded. The rack thus charged with its burden is then pushed toward the opposite end of the dry-house which admits of another rack to be assembled and loaded. v It is the intention to cause a draft of heated air through the dry-house so that the hemp-stocks, lying in the layers upon the removable bars, will be thoroughly exposed to the heated current of air and become dry. In removing the hemp from the racks the lowermost pair of removable bars are dislodged from their support upon the side-rails by turning the latter with a twisting movement in order to remove the pegs from their holding connections with the removable bars, and the latter are easily slid off of the rails and are dropped upon the ground together with a layer of hemp-stocks supported thereon. The succeeding pairs of bars are each dislodged in successive order so that the rack is entirely relieved ofits load. The bars are then collected and removed to the opposite end of the dry-house as are also the ladder-like structures where the rack is again reassembled and loaded.

A pliability of the ropes admit of the twisting movement of the side-rails to be made with case so that the removable bars may be dropped from their supported connections With the side-rails readily. The pendant supports conslsting of the ladderlike structures, When removed from, their:

1. In apparatus of the classy described,the

combination With a dry-house having elevated tracks therein, a drying rack each end of which iscomposed of a ladder-like structure supported movably upon the correspondingtra-ck, and a series of barsat each end of the rack, saidbars being removably connected With and supported by the sidestructures 2. In apparatus of the class described, a rack having pendant ropes at each end thereof, a series of' horizontally disposed siderails secured to and supported by said ropes,

and-individually removable bars supported at their respective ends upon the corresponding projecting ends of the said siderails and forming the corresponding ends I RALPPLT. BROWER, MATILDA METTL R.

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